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It has been three years since the Clone Wars began. A separatist movement encompassing hundreds of planets and powerful corporate alliances poses new threats to the galaxy that even the Jedi cannot stem. Set ten years after the events of “The Phantom Menace,” the Republic continues to be mired in strife and chaos. Anakin Skywalker, who will later father Luke Skywalker and become known as Darth Vader, is just a 9-year-old boy. Obi-Wan Kenobi is a young apprentice Jedi knight under the tutelage of Qui-Gon Jinn. Luke Skywalker battles Jabba the Hut and Darth Vader to save his comrades in the Rebel Alliance and triumph over the Galactic Empire. Only with the Jedi master’s help will Luke survive when the dark side of the Force beckons him into the ultimate duel with Darth Vader. Luke travels to Dagobah in search of Yoda. Luke Skywalker and Han Solo, captain of the Millennium Falcon, work together to rescue the beautiful princess and help the Rebel Alliance.
The Imperial Forces - under orders from cruel Darth Vader hold Princess Leia hostage.
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The movie leads perfectly into A New Hope. Of all of the Star Wars remakes and stories, this is the one most seem to agree stays true to the original and fans truly appreciate.
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Young Han Solo finds adventure when he joins forces with a gang of galactic smugglers and a 190-year-old Wookie named Chewbacca. This movie is ok to watch even if you aren’t familiar with the Star Wars series and can serve as an entry to the franchise, and a hook to get younger viewers into the series. You feel me? Here’s a glance at how that order looks and summary of each movie: Solo: A Star Wars Story So you get to enjoy some of the newer movies and the Vader reveal, before having a “flash back” to the young Skywalker storyline and on to the new movies where Han Solo is older. It’s not exactly in Luke’s flashback order because we squeeze the Solo movie in there too. And also doesn’t give away the spoiler of Anakin Skywalker going before you discover it with Luke. Instead of a straight chronological order, the attempt with this is to watch it in a way that’s in a type of chronological order that doesn’t start with the first movies (which are slow, and not done very well). Star Wars Movies in Han Solo Flashback Order
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It also gets a little wonky if you’re trying to follow the storyline with the release of some of the newer movies like Solo and Rogue One.īut hey, if you’ve got an adventurous group of movie-waters go for it! Here’s how to watch Star Wars in release order. This order may quickly bore them out of the series. Or they’re not used to the high tech flashy movies and video games of today. Unless your kids are already used to old movies from the 70s and 80s and have a fond appreciation for them.
But if you have little kids you’re trying to bring into the Star Wars fold, I’d suggest NOT doing it that way. You’re seeing it the same way the Star Wars fans did as the movies came out. Looking at this there are two ways I’m going to throw out watching the series. Then in 2015 she and I went to see The Force Awakens in theaters followed by The Last Jedi and Rise of Skywalker.Īssuming you’re fairly new to Star Wars, or you’re trying to decide which order to watch the movies with your kids, I’m going to suggest watching it a couple different ways.įirst off, I’m also throwing in Rogue One (2016) and Solo (2018) so you can squeeze in those stories and pretty much be caught up on all of the big Star Wars movies (as of 2021). Then in 1999 we watched The Phantom Menace in theaters, followed by The Attack of the Clones and the Revenge of the Sith. I watched them in release order, starting with A New Hope (Episode IV), and going through the “first” trilogy. My mom is a HUGE Star Wars fan, so I grew up watching the movies with her. Unlike Marvel, which has two main ways to watch the movies: release order or chronological order, Star Wars has SO many different watch orders.